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THE JAUNTY JAY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: ON MY WINDOW-SILL FLIRTED A JAUNTY JAY
Last Line: SAID THE JUBILANT, JOLLY, AND JAUNTY JAY.
Subject(s): JAYS;
On my window-sill flirted a jaunty jay;
He chattered awhile, then he flew away.
He chattered awhile, as if to say:
"Don't you wish you could live in the day, -- in the day?
Don't you wish you were little enough to be gay?
Fly away! Fly away!"
Said the jubilant, jolly, and jaunty jay.



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